The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

Mill pumps and pumping systems play an important role when the goal is to ramp up production. Here are eight things to consider with pumps to make sure the whole plant is ready to meet requirements when aiming for production increases.Ensure motor power availabilityA well-designed plant has enough power allocated to mill pumps. Pumps typically operate on variable speed drives, meaning that there a...Read More

Set against lush hills, deep inlets and snow-kissed mountain peaks, Vancouver is the wellspring of Canadian environmentalism - and the heart of its climate dilemma.British Columbia's premier city prides itself on its green bona fides. The province is the birthplace of Greenpeace, ushered in Canada's most successful carbon tax and is governed by a coalition that includes Green Party lawmakers. It's...Read More

For technology to truly serve the next generation, we have to get smarter about what we're putting in the classrooms.Read full newsRead More

The 142-year-old London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed former banker Gay Huey Evans as chair of the board, the first female to have that role in its history.Huey Evans, who is a Standard Chartered, ConocoPhillips and Ita?? BBA International board member, previously worked at Citi, Barclays Capital and the UK's Financial Services Authority. She will replace Brian Bender when he retires from the...Read More

Investing legends Mario Gabelli & Leon Cooperman answer viewer questionsRead full newsRead More

Investing legends Mario Gabelli & Leon Cooperman answer viewer questionsRead full newsRead More

Mauricio Carrillo12 hours ago (May 09, 2019 12:30 PM GMT)Gold Recovers After Rejecting 1,290, Palladium Down to 4-Month LowsGold is trading positive on Thursday as the pair found support at the 1,280 area following a rejection at 1,290 resistance on Wednesday. Risk aversion is still dominating the market amid the trade conflict between China and the United States.Palladium is trading negative for...Read More

The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has successfully age-dated the historic "Ana Maria Pearl" using carbon-14. This is the first time such a procedure has been conducted on a historic natural pearl, to provide valuable and new information on the age of a gem. The Ana Maria pearl will be up for auction at Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction on May 15, in Geneva. The jewel will be on publi...Read More

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and Ars Nobilis, Belgium's - only - umbrella organization for the country's jewelry manufacturing and retail sectors, announced they will "join forces." AWDC explained in an email that "the members of Ars Nobilis will be able to call upon the services of the AWDC regarding legal advice, training, communication and security," and that the two organi...Read More

The organizers of the Fifth Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewellery Conference (MGJC) that will be held next week in Limassol, Cyprus, will hold a one-day seminar called "Diamond Day in Israel," at the Israel Diamond Exchange. The one-day event will include lectures about fancy colored diamonds and lab-grown diamond identification as well as the presentation of identification technology and instr...Read More

White Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicals"It's not regulation that fails, it's [the industry] as engineers and operators"SPONSOREDsrk consultingAfter months of speculation, Rio confirmed...Read More

Alkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesUnder the new leadership of Juan Camilo Nariño, who took over as president of the association at the end of 2018, the congress put establishing more meaningful and inclusive relationships withRead More

The average life expectancy for those born in 2018 in the United States is 76 for males and 81 for females. Compare these figures to almost 80 years ago, where males born in 1940 lived until age 61 and females age 65, and there's no question we are living longer. But eventually we're all going to die. And as morbid as that sounds, there are some important things you need to consider before your ti...Read More

The Canadian mining industry and European investment community come together once again on May 22, 2019 for The Northern Miner's third annual Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London, United Kingdom. The following Canada-listed companies are developing mineral projects in Canada and abroad, and will be featured sponsors and presenters at the event.Alamos GoldToronto-based miner Alamos G...Read More

U.S. policy through the Bush and Obama administrations was to soft-pedal questionable Chinese trade practices, pirating technology and theft of intellectual property in return for cheap manufactured goods and China's willingness to finance trillions of dollars of U.S. government debt.Now Trump has changed the rules of the game. He's said lost jobs in the U.S. are not worth the cheap goods and chea...Read More

The trade war is back on. The trade deadline came and went at midnight last night without a deal. So 25% tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods took effect at 12:01. The tariffs had previously been set at 10%.Based on Trump's comments, 25% tariffs may possibly be applied to an additional $300 billion of Chinese goods.China said it would respond with unspecified but "necessary countermeasur...Read More

Over the past two years, direction of a nation's currency has had a bigger impact on gold, silver and all metal prices. Gold and silver have been trading in a wider range. Winning bets are those who are able to correctly forecast the trend of their national currencies. Gold and silver are not rising (in US dollar quote) despite all the positive factors. Central banks are buying gold. There is tr...Read More

Over the past two years, direction of a nation's currency has had a bigger impact on gold, silver and all metal prices. Gold and silver have been trading in a wider range. Winning bets are those who are able to correctly forecast the trend of their national currencies. Gold and silver are not rising (in US dollar quote) despite all the positive factors. Central banks are buying gold. There is tr...Read More

Dan Gordon has regained majority control of Gordon Biersch Brewing Company. A new investor group assembled by Gordon has acquired the San Jose, California-based production brewery from the Fertitta family -- founders of Nevada's Station Casinos and Zuffa, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which sold for more $4 billion to WME-IMG in 2016.Read full newsRead More

Trade-sensitive chip stocks took a beatingThe Dow pared some of its earlier losses, but still ended well below breakeven, as traders brace for a possible tariff increase on $200 billion in Chinese goods. President Donald Trump earlier said that China "broke the deal" and will pay, but later said it's still possible Washington and Beijing could strike a deal ahead of the midnight deadline. Meanwhil...Read More